The Halifax Hurricanes won their second of back to back contests at home in the Scotibank Centre in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. Saturday night's game pitted the first place Halifax Hurricanes against the last place in the Atlantic Division Moncton Miracles. Halifax got off to a hot start in the game, opening the contest with a 10-0 run. The Miracles were able to regroup quickly and close the gap, even taking a two point lead halfway through the quarter. Halifax used excellent shooting of over 60% from the field to finish the first half with a 62-45 lead. The Miracles refused to go away and continued to chip away at the Canes lead, outscoring them 32-23 in the third quarter. In the end, the Hurricanes used their deep bench to hold off the Miracles and finish the game with a 109-98 win, improving their record to 14-3 on the season. Halifax Forward Billy White (6'8''-F-89, college: San Diego St.) had a huge game for the Canes, scoring a season high 35 points and grabbing 12 rebounds for his second straight double-double. Forward Cj Washington (6'7''-F) also had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.. The Miracles leading scorer was Melvin Johnson III (6'6''-G-90, college: Arkansas St.) III with 32 points on 6 of 10 shooting from 3 point range. Forward Russell Byrd (6'7''-G-92, college: Michigan St.) added 12 points and Centre Tim Mitchell grabbed 10 rebounds for Moncton. Courtesy of: oursportscentral.com
Niagara River Lions (NBL Canada) strengthened their roster with addition of American forward Andravious Smith (196-84kg). Smith just graduated from Tougaloo (NAIA). He has played there for the last four years. In 19 games he recorded very impressive stats: 24.8ppg, 12.5rpg and 2.0apg last season. Great year indeed as he was awarded All-GCAC Player of the Year and voted to All-GCAC 1st Team and voted to All-NAIA D1 Honorable Mention. By Eurobasket Data Center Check also Complete Transfer... [read more]
Niagara River Lions (NBL Canada) strengthened their roster with addition of American forward Andravious Smith (196-84kg). Smith just graduated from Tougaloo (NAIA). He has played there for the last four years. In 19 games he recorded very impressive stats: 24.8ppg, 12.5rpg and 2.0apg last season. Great year indeed as he was awarded All-GCAC Player of the Year and voted to All-GCAC 1st Team and voted to All-NAIA D1 Honorable Mention.
Kitchener-Waterloo Titans (NBL Canada) signed 28-year old American point guard Devon Moore (193-82kg-89, college: JMU). He played last season at Ehingen in German ProA. In 22 games he had 13.2ppg, 2.8rpg, 5.7apg and 1.4spg. A very impressive season as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-German 2.Bundesliga Pro A Honorable Mention. Moore also spent pre-season at Zalakeramia-ZTE KK (A Division) in Hungarian league that year. The former James Madison University standoutis in his fifth season... [read more]
Kitchener-Waterloo Titans (NBL Canada) signed 28-year old American point guard Devon Moore (193-82kg-89, college: JMU). He played last season at Ehingen in German ProA. In 22 games he had 13.2ppg, 2.8rpg, 5.7apg and 1.4spg. A very impressive season as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-German 2.Bundesliga Pro A Honorable Mention. Moore also spent pre-season at Zalakeramia-ZTE KK (A Division) in Hungarian league that year. The former James Madison University standoutis in his fifth season in pro basketball.
St. John's Edge (NBL Canada) landed 29-year old American guard Charles Hinkle (196-93kg-88, college: American). He played most recently at Bambitious Nara in Japanese BJ League. In 34 games he averaged 15.0ppg, 6.1rpg, 2.0apg and 1.1spg in 2015-16 season. Hinkle also played that season for Niigata Albirex (BJ League) in Japan where in 8 games he had very impressive stats: 22.9ppg, 5.1rpg, 1.8apg and 1.1spg. He attended American University until 2012. It will be his sixth season in pro bas... [read more]
St. John's Edge (NBL Canada) landed 29-year old American guard Charles Hinkle (196-93kg-88, college: American). He played most recently at Bambitious Nara in Japanese BJ League. In 34 games he averaged 15.0ppg, 6.1rpg, 2.0apg and 1.1spg in 2015-16 season. Hinkle also played that season for Niigata Albirex (BJ League) in Japan where in 8 games he had very impressive stats: 22.9ppg, 5.1rpg, 1.8apg and 1.1spg. He attended American University until 2012. It will be his sixth season in pro basketball.
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